This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30973025), Ministry of Health Funding for Research and Special Projects Public Service Sectors (No. 201002018), Anhui Province Education Department Natural Science Key Foundation of China (No. KJ2010A320).
Background C-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway and ankylosis gene (ANK) play a critical role in endplate chondrocytes degeneration. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the expression l...